[Ezekiel]

There then began a four-month process of extremely close cooperation with Israel about the reactor, called al-Kibar. As soon as our own intelligence had confirmed the Israeli information and we all agreed on what we were dealing with, Hadley established a process for gathering further information, considering our options, and sharing our thinking with Israel. This process was run entirely out of the White House, with extremely limited participation to maintain secrecy. The effort at secrecy succeeded and there were no leaks—an amazing feat in Washington, especially when the information being held so tightly was as startling and sexy as this.

Bombing the Syrian Reactor: The Untold Story

No kidding. Never mind the fuss over the code name for Obama's Israel visit, *this* was the operation whose name was truly - and ironically - lost in translation.

Operation Orchard was

Operation PaRDeS

Peshat (פְּשָׁט) — "plain" ("simple") or the direct meaning.[1]
Remez (רֶמֶז) — "hints" or the deep (allegoric: hidden or symbolic) meaning beyond just the literal sense.
Derash (דְּרַשׁ) — from Hebrew darash: "inquire" ("seek") — the comparative (midrashic) meaning, as given through similar occurrences.
Sod (סוֹד) (pronounced with a long O as in 'bone') — "secret" ("mystery") or the esoteric/mystical meaning, as given through inspiration or revelation.

Boot the letter dalet (the Derash) and it spells פָּרָס.

Wonder if Iran is paying attention.

[Carry_Okie]

IIRC, “pardes” is also a Persian word for “garden.”

[onyx]

Thanks very much for the ping.
I’d best read the article and your erudite comment later today, given I’m just about ready to call this one a night.

[Cvengr]

mark

[left that other site]

“Paras”

Oh My.

That’s GOOD!

Isn’t “STRONG’S” Wonderful? And now it’s on line, which means I don’t have to schlepp around that Big Ten-Ton Book! LOL!

Amazing insight, My FRiend.